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Offline AARCUDADEN

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Question about x's and o heads
« on: July 08, 2013 - 09:03:21 PM »
Okay guys need to know if x heads and o heads are compatible with one another. Reason i'm asking is i found a complete 69 340 a guy has for sale. Everything is there minus carb and exh. manifolds. Been sitting for many years covered up and all openings sealed tight. I want this engine simply for a back up in case i ever need one or a possible stoker for my Dart. I noticed one head is an x head and the other is an o head so that tells me sometime someone puked a head. This guy wants 1500 bucks for this engine and i know that's way too high so i'll make him an offer but i don't want to pay good money for an engine that has lets say a 318 head on it.  :1zhelp:
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Offline Chryco Psycho

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Re: Question about x's and o heads
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2013 - 11:51:38 PM »
they have a different casting number but are essentially the same head as long as th O head has the 2.02 valves , I believe the last year of that casting did not .

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Offline teslasbrain

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Re: Question about x's and o heads
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2013 - 10:02:39 PM »
FYI, 1970 was actually a transition year and some engines came from the factory with mismatched heads,  having one X and one O, or one X and one J etc.  What are the date codes on the block and heads?